The land that became the Vincent twps lay between 2 rivers, the Skulkill and the Vincent.....the land, on the earliest map of the province, shows it was owned by a group of men, one of whom was 'Sr Mathias Vincent'...this, I would guess, was the origin of the name of both. Sandra " Can anyone tell me what the origin of the Vincent Township is?" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

Can anyone tell me what the origin of the Vincent Township is? Kim Spangrude On Jul 17, 2006, at 9:17 PM, DAVID KAREN DALE wrote: > Thank you, Sandra! The Great Valley church reference is very helpful! > I think it's clear that in the 1750s and '60s I'm looking at Vincent > Twp--and perhaps later, given this reference. My father always said > they were Quaker, but how he would know that, I don't know--certainly > no indication of that later--though a lot of dismissals from meeting > early. > > Since I was a Lewis surname for about 30 years, I'm well aware of how > common Lewis is--the most common name in Wales--and they all came to > the states! Also some Scottish ones, but I think I'm looking at Welsh > here in Chester. One of Philip's sons even claimed his father was born > in Wales on one census--but the other brothers all say PA. > > Wasson is an odd name. It appears to be Ulster Scot. There was an > Archibald Wason/Wasson in Chester 1745, but he left for NC early. > However. in 1771 a Robert Wason/Wasson (also found it transcribed as > Warson in 1765) was a landowner in Chester. A Matthew Wasson left a > will in Birmingham Twp 1773. I had never heard it before I read Z.T. > Lewis' letter about his grandfather's first wife. > > Thanks again! > Karen > > >

Thank you, Sandra! The Great Valley church reference is very helpful! I think it's clear that in the 1750s and '60s I'm looking at Vincent Twp--and perhaps later, given this reference. My father always said they were Quaker, but how he would know that, I don't know--certainly no indication of that later--though a lot of dismissals from meeting early. Since I was a Lewis surname for about 30 years, I'm well aware of how common Lewis is--the most common name in Wales--and they all came to the states! Also some Scottish ones, but I think I'm looking at Welsh here in Chester. One of Philip's sons even claimed his father was born in Wales on one census--but the other brothers all say PA. Wasson is an odd name. It appears to be Ulster Scot. There was an Archibald Wason/Wasson in Chester 1745, but he left for NC early. However. in 1771 a Robert Wason/Wasson (also found it transcribed as Warson in 1765) was a landowner in Chester. A Matthew Wasson left a will in Birmingham Twp 1773. I had never heard it before I read Z.T. Lewis' letter about his grandfather's first wife. Thanks again! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Ferguson<mailto:ferg@ntelos.net> To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Lewis/Wasson An inmate, by definition, is a single man who lives in the township but doesn't own land. So, he could be employed by someone else and be given his board, or even rent property in his own name...there is no way to tell by the term inmate...only that he owned no land, was single., and lived in the twp. I'm sure you know that the name Lewis is an extremely common one in Chester Co, and there are many seemingly pa-unrelated Taylor families, which makes your problem harder....there are probably 50 listed in the 1765 Chester Co Archives.... and dozens in the index of Futhey and Cope.. I find both a Philip and a Enoch Lewis as having been baptized as members of the Great Valley Baptist Church....this was around 1770. An Enoch Lewis is listed on a letter, Sept 21, 1771, as wishing to leave the Great Valley Church and join the newly created Vincent branch of the Great Valley. There were also Lewises who were Quakers, and an Enoch Lewis is listed as a teacher at the Friends Boarding School, in the 1790s. The given name Enoch seems to be a not uncommon one for those with the Lewis surname. I checked the CD of PA wills and found the name Enoch Lewis mentioned as witness in several area wills; Haverford 1731; Williston 1768 and 1771;East Whiteland 1768. There are none that mention the name Philip Lewis. I can't find any sort of mention of the surname Wasson in Chester resources. I did find mention of a Henry Wasson in Del Co, but in 1802...and a will, probably for the same Henry...in 1825.. Sandra I am descended from Philip Lewis, born ca. 1751, who was in Adams/Scioto Ohio by 1796 (deed). A family history by his grandson Zachary Taylor Lewis (1847-1900) was published in the Lewisiana letters in the 1890s. In that history, Z.T. says that Philip lived on the Cheat River in PA. and served as a wagon master in the Revolution. He also thought Philip's father was an Enoch who was killed by Indians in PA "about the time of the Revolution." > > While there is not a stated link to Chester Co. there was a Philip Lewis > who served as a Private in Capt. John Heister's Company, First Class, > Chester County Militia of Foot, commanded by Col. John Hannum. He entered > service 28 Jun 1777. Based on this claim--and with no other apparent link > that I can see, DAR, accepts the Philip in Chester as the Philip in Adams > Co. OH. > > I have recently been trying to verify Z.T.'s history--and determine if the > link between the two Philips is accurate. I started with the assumption > that the Philip in Washington Co. PA 1790 was the one in Ohio--and after > consulting tax records for Washington and Westmoreland counties, I can > place a Philip Lewis in Greene Twp, Washington, 1782--through which runs > the Cheat River. Additionally, I have found one tax record from > Westmoreland Co.(Washington created from Westmoreland 1781) which includes > Philip Lewis Sr. and another Philip Lewis just households apart. It is my > suspicion that Z.T. was wrong about the name of OH Philip's father--I > think he was also Philip Lewis. The grandfather was probably Enoch (the > name recurs in the Ohio Lewises). > > So on to Chester. Though I have barely begun, I have found an older Philip > in Chester records. He served in Capt. Adam HEYLMEN's Co., French & Indian > War (1756): Chester County, PA > Called "an Independant Company, under the Denomination of the St. Vincent > and > Pike's Land Assoc........raised in May of 1756, with Adam Heylmen, Capt., > John > Hart, Lt., Adam Roontour , Ensign. There is also a Philip Lewis in Vincent > Twp 1765 (listed as inmate--haven't gotten the actual record to see what > household he's in--perhaps a boarder--a lot of single men and inmates in > Vincent 1765. What was going on there?). In 1774 there is a Philip listed > as a property owner in West Nantmel who could be either--but is probably > the older one. And then there is the 1777 enlistment--which again could be > either, but is probably the younger one. > > Since finding that there were probably two Philips in both Chester and > Westmoreland, I am becoming more convinced that Philip of Ohio was indeed > the Rev. soldier from Chester, but thus far have been unable to connect > them to the major Lewis families there. The name "Enoch" seems the best > clue. > > Z.T. Lewis's history also says that Philip's (younger) first wife was > Elizabeth Wasson, the widow Thomas, and so I am interested in the Robert > Wasson who also appears in Chester records at an appropriate time to be > her father, though I am more interested in identifying an Enoch Lewis who > might have been the father of the older Philip--and in ascertaining if > there are any more records on a Philip Lewis in Chester records. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com> with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot. 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I have 2 CDs on this subject, but have never found anyone I was looking for in them.. IMMIGRATION RECORDS; SCOTTISH IMMIGRANTS TO NA 1600-1800S (Tim kindly sent me the following) BRITISH EMIGRANTS IN BONDAGE 1614-1788. I'd be happy to do lookups, but don't get too excited...lousy luck so far! S. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

An inmate, by definition, is a single man who lives in the township but doesn't own land. So, he could be employed by someone else and be given his board, or even rent property in his own name...there is no way to tell by the term inmate...only that he owned no land, was single., and lived in the twp. I'm sure you know that the name Lewis is an extremely common one in Chester Co, and there are many seemingly pa-unrelated Taylor families, which makes your problem harder....there are probably 50 listed in the 1765 Chester Co Archives.... and dozens in the index of Futhey and Cope.. I find both a Philip and a Enoch Lewis as having been baptized as members of the Great Valley Baptist Church....this was around 1770. An Enoch Lewis is listed on a letter, Sept 21, 1771, as wishing to leave the Great Valley Church and join the newly created Vincent branch of the Great Valley. There were also Lewises who were Quakers, and an Enoch Lewis is listed as a teacher at the Friends Boarding School, in the 1790s. The given name Enoch seems to be a not uncommon one for those with the Lewis surname. I checked the CD of PA wills and found the name Enoch Lewis mentioned as witness in several area wills; Haverford 1731; Williston 1768 and 1771;East Whiteland 1768. There are none that mention the name Philip Lewis. I can't find any sort of mention of the surname Wasson in Chester resources. I did find mention of a Henry Wasson in Del Co, but in 1802...and a will, probably for the same Henry...in 1825.. Sandra I am descended from Philip Lewis, born ca. 1751, who was in Adams/Scioto Ohio by 1796 (deed). A family history by his grandson Zachary Taylor Lewis (1847-1900) was published in the Lewisiana letters in the 1890s. In that history, Z.T. says that Philip lived on the Cheat River in PA. and served as a wagon master in the Revolution. He also thought Philip's father was an Enoch who was killed by Indians in PA "about the time of the Revolution." > > While there is not a stated link to Chester Co. there was a Philip Lewis > who served as a Private in Capt. John Heister's Company, First Class, > Chester County Militia of Foot, commanded by Col. John Hannum. He entered > service 28 Jun 1777. Based on this claim--and with no other apparent link > that I can see, DAR, accepts the Philip in Chester as the Philip in Adams > Co. OH. > > I have recently been trying to verify Z.T.'s history--and determine if the > link between the two Philips is accurate. I started with the assumption > that the Philip in Washington Co. PA 1790 was the one in Ohio--and after > consulting tax records for Washington and Westmoreland counties, I can > place a Philip Lewis in Greene Twp, Washington, 1782--through which runs > the Cheat River. Additionally, I have found one tax record from > Westmoreland Co.(Washington created from Westmoreland 1781) which includes > Philip Lewis Sr. and another Philip Lewis just households apart. It is my > suspicion that Z.T. was wrong about the name of OH Philip's father--I > think he was also Philip Lewis. The grandfather was probably Enoch (the > name recurs in the Ohio Lewises). > > So on to Chester. Though I have barely begun, I have found an older Philip > in Chester records. He served in Capt. Adam HEYLMEN's Co., French & Indian > War (1756): Chester County, PA > Called "an Independant Company, under the Denomination of the St. Vincent > and > Pike's Land Assoc........raised in May of 1756, with Adam Heylmen, Capt., > John > Hart, Lt., Adam Roontour , Ensign. There is also a Philip Lewis in Vincent > Twp 1765 (listed as inmate--haven't gotten the actual record to see what > household he's in--perhaps a boarder--a lot of single men and inmates in > Vincent 1765. What was going on there?). In 1774 there is a Philip listed > as a property owner in West Nantmel who could be either--but is probably > the older one. And then there is the 1777 enlistment--which again could be > either, but is probably the younger one. > > Since finding that there were probably two Philips in both Chester and > Westmoreland, I am becoming more convinced that Philip of Ohio was indeed > the Rev. soldier from Chester, but thus far have been unable to connect > them to the major Lewis families there. The name "Enoch" seems the best > clue. > > Z.T. Lewis's history also says that Philip's (younger) first wife was > Elizabeth Wasson, the widow Thomas, and so I am interested in the Robert > Wasson who also appears in Chester records at an appropriate time to be > her father, though I am more interested in identifying an Enoch Lewis who > might have been the father of the older Philip--and in ascertaining if > there are any more records on a Philip Lewis in Chester records. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

Very interesting! George who married Mary Thacher later died in Guilford County, North Carolina but he is the one that married at Old Swede's. Nadine Holder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <gwenbj@seanet.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: RE: [PaOldC] ship records of TRANSPORTED JACOBITE REBELS, 1716 >I do believe that George Hodgson on this list was later in Chester Co, PA. >He is also listed in > this book below with many other prisoners and this list tells who the > prisoners were sold to off of > the ship. > > 1716 George HODGSON being a Rebel Prisoner and coming in the ship Good > Speed on the 18 Oct 1716. > Sold to John Nelty. Harry Wright Newman, To Maryland From Overseas > (Baltimore: Genealogical > Publishing Company, 1985) p. 5. > === > Somehow George Hodgson gained his freedom before the normal term of > indenture would have been > finished. > === > Chester Co. PA Tax Lists Film #0543396 > HOGGIN, George 1720-21New Garden nonresident Land > HODGIN, George 1721 New Garden nonresident Land > HODGIN, George 1722 New Garden > HODGSON, George 1729 London Grove > HODGSON, George 1730 London Grove > HOGENS, George 1732 London Grove > HODGIN, George 1734 London Grove > HODGIN, George 1735B London Grove > HODGIN, George 1735/36 London Grove > HUGES, Jonathan 1732 London Grove - Freeman > HUGHS, Jonathan 1735/36 London Grove - Freeman > === > Deed- 13./14 Mar 1722 100 acres granted to George Hodgson by William Penn > commissioners and George > sold to Samuel Culberson 6 Apr 1736 > === > George HUDSON married Mary TATCHER 21 Feb 1729 at Old Swedes Church in > Wilmington, New Castle Co, > DE. Delaware Historical Society, Historical Society of Delaware Papers, > volume 9-9a(1890), p. 309. > Mary HODGSON condemned her marriage by a priest 2, 4m, 1729 at New Garden > Monthly Meeting, Chester > County, Pennsylvania. > === > > Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > gwenbj@seanet.com >

As an aside on the ship records shared recently, I was pleased today to find a listing of 637 Scottish Jacobites and the ships they were on when expelled from Britain in 1716. This doesn't have any clear Chester County connections though it's possible if not likely some of these folks ended up in Chester. One ship that was bound for VA ended up disembarking some or all passengers in MD. I wanted to share it even though it's potentially off-topic because it's not easy info to find and only a few of these ships seem to be in some online ship records collections. It could explain some early Scots before the later waves of Ulster Scots. Note that these people may have returned after indenture. It's also possible some of the same persons may have emigrated later on other ships after returning home. I notice people tend to think of ships passage as one way immigrations but I find many accounts of people who made multiple voyages or who even moved back after a period in the colonies. I know at least one of these people, Francis Hume, was treated well by his cousin, Governor Spotswood of VA at the time, and was not forced into labor, but died within 2 years. Since they were supporters of James II, the Duke of York, they may have been well treated in colonies granted to friends of the Duke. One thing that's interesting about the list is the large number of duplicate names, presumably from clans of families fighting together. For example, there are 5 John Shaws, 7 John McIntoshes and 12 John Stewarts. It makes me think that entire towns and families were probably cleared of generations of men and left with the women and children to fend for themselves for most of a decade. <http://www.yabbers.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=859&mforum=scotsgen> http://www.yabbers.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=859&mforum=scotsgen TRANSPORTED JACOBITE REBELS, 1716 Among the persons transported to the American colonies in 1716 were 637 Scottish rebels captured at Preston, Lancashire, on 14 Nov 1715. The rebels were supporters of the exiled James II of England and his heirs. There were many such adherents among the Roman Catholics of Scotland, and some in Ireland, and among the Nonjurors, a dissident group within the Church of England. During the rebellion of 1715 the rebel forces entered Preston on 9 Nov and, after proclaiming as their king the chevalier of St. George, remained there for several days, during which the government forces advanced upon them. The town was assaulted, and on 14 Nov the rebel general Thomas FORSTER surrendered his army to the King's forces. Persons shown below, was compiled from ten ship manifests, were taken prisoner and sent to the American Colonies the following spring as indentured servants for a seven-year period. Those who refused to be voluntarily indentured were forced into that condition upon arrival in the colonies.

You are absolutely right ...it is Daniel Sutton, and he was a tailor...(I 'read' it as Sutton and didn't pay any attention to the tailor, seeing as how, on this passenger listing, many others have their occupation listed, too....as the will inclusion gave Daniel Sutton as a witness, perhaps there were 2 of them, and the first Daniel Sutton was known as D. S the taylor, to differentiate him from another Daniel Sutton. I remember reading about this being done by the Welsh, as there were often many of the same name due to patronymic naming....there was, for example, Thomas Jones, the milk and Thomas Jones the mail....one the milk man and the other, the mail man. .. S. "I saw the same ", Taylor" reference but took it to be a possible indenture to a tailor, and also say some other references in searches came up with the same comma followed by taylor. Your list of the Endeavor on your Chester site does have a Daniel Sutton and he's listed with the same sort of comma followed by taylor and from that I think it's clear that there was a Daniel Sutton on the Endeavor who was a taylor by profession": -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

I saw the same ", Taylor" reference but took it to be a possible indenture to a tailor, and also say some other references in searches came up with the same comma followed by taylor. Your list of the Endeavor on your Chester site does have a Daniel Sutton and he's listed with the same sort of comma followed by taylor and from that I think it's clear that there was a Daniel Sutton on the Endeavor who was a taylor by profession: http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/individual_ships_of_penn.htm Endeavor, a ketch, master Geo Thorp, landed 7mo 29, 1683. Daniel Sutton - taylor, John Presonr - blacksmith, Jo:Charlesworth - tanr, John Oudfield Since the goal seemed to be to indentify early Taylors in the area that could be candidates for an ancestor it's worth noting that the page cited above does have an early Taylor family: The Friendship August 14, 1682, William and Margaretta Taylor and children Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary Peter Taylor

I do believe that George Hodgson on this list was later in Chester Co, PA. He is also listed in this book below with many other prisoners and this list tells who the prisoners were sold to off of the ship. 1716 George HODGSON being a Rebel Prisoner and coming in the ship Good Speed on the 18 Oct 1716. Sold to John Nelty. Harry Wright Newman, To Maryland From Overseas (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985) p. 5. === Somehow George Hodgson gained his freedom before the normal term of indenture would have been finished. === Chester Co. PA Tax Lists Film #0543396 HOGGIN, George 1720-21New Garden nonresident Land HODGIN, George 1721 New Garden nonresident Land HODGIN, George 1722 New Garden HODGSON, George 1729 London Grove HODGSON, George 1730 London Grove HOGENS, George 1732 London Grove HODGIN, George 1734 London Grove HODGIN, George 1735B London Grove HODGIN, George 1735/36 London Grove HUGES, Jonathan 1732 London Grove - Freeman HUGHS, Jonathan 1735/36 London Grove - Freeman === Deed- 13./14 Mar 1722 100 acres granted to George Hodgson by William Penn commissioners and George sold to Samuel Culberson 6 Apr 1736 === George HUDSON married Mary TATCHER 21 Feb 1729 at Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE. Delaware Historical Society, Historical Society of Delaware Papers, volume 9-9a(1890), p. 309. Mary HODGSON condemned her marriage by a priest 2, 4m, 1729 at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania. === Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com -----Original Message----- From: Mal Humes [mailto:mal3@mal.net] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 4:44 PM To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PaOldC] ship records of TRANSPORTED JACOBITE REBELS, 1716 As an aside on the ship records shared recently, I was pleased today to find a listing of 637 Scottish Jacobites and the ships they were on when expelled from Britain in 1716. This doesn't have any clear Chester County connections though it's possible if not likely some of these folks ended up in Chester. One ship that was bound for VA ended up disembarking some or all passengers in MD. I wanted to share it even though it's potentially off-topic because it's not easy info to find and only a few of these ships seem to be in some online ship records collections. It could explain some early Scots before the later waves of Ulster Scots. Note that these people may have returned after indenture. It's also possible some of the same persons may have emigrated later on other ships after returning home. I notice people tend to think of ships passage as one way immigrations but I find many accounts of people who made multiple voyages or who even moved back after a period in the colonies. I know at least one of these people, Francis Hume, was treated well by his cousin, Governor Spotswood of VA at the time, and was not forced into labor, but died within 2 years. Since they were supporters of James II, the Duke of York, they may have been well treated in colonies granted to friends of the Duke. One thing that's interesting about the list is the large number of duplicate names, presumably from clans of families fighting together. For example, there are 5 John Shaws, 7 John McIntoshes and 12 John Stewarts. It makes me think that entire towns and families were probably cleared of generations of men and left with the women and children to fend for themselves for most of a decade. <http://www.yabbers.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=859&mforum=scotsgen> http://www.yabbers.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=859&mforum=scotsgen TRANSPORTED JACOBITE REBELS, 1716 Among the persons transported to the American colonies in 1716 were 637 Scottish rebels captured at Preston, Lancashire, on 14 Nov 1715. The rebels were supporters of the exiled James II of England and his heirs. There were many such adherents among the Roman Catholics of Scotland, and some in Ireland, and among the Nonjurors, a dissident group within the Church of England. During the rebellion of 1715 the rebel forces entered Preston on 9 Nov and, after proclaiming as their king the chevalier of St. George, remained there for several days, during which the government forces advanced upon them. The town was assaulted, and on 14 Nov the rebel general Thomas FORSTER surrendered his army to the King's forces. Persons shown below, was compiled from ten ship manifests, were taken prisoner and sent to the American Colonies the following spring as indentured servants for a seven-year period. Those who refused to be voluntarily indentured were forced into that condition upon arrival in the colonies.

I have the passenger list of the Endeavor,a ketch, under master Geo Thorp, that landed 7mo 29, 1683...this is found in THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PA, by Futhey and Cope, but a Daniel Taylor is not included among the passengers, nor as a passenger on any of Penn's ships lists that I have. The name does not appear in any early tax or landowner lists....nor in any Quaker meeting records I have, or in any regard, in Futhey and Cope's history. You might want to do some checking in early Quaker records, for what I have access to is by no means complete. I looked on the CD of PA wills, and found , in a Bucks Co will, the mention of a "Daniel Sutton, Taylor" (notice the , before the final name)...and, later in the will a "Daniel Sutton" (no mention of Taylor" served as witness...so, I don't know which, if either, is correct. You might want to get a will copy from Bucks Co, and see if, perchance, this is your 'boy'. It appears in the will of William Samford, 8th mo 17d, 1692...( the way this is dated, these are Quakers.)...so, if this IS whom you seek, you may be looking in the wrong Co. There are NO mentions of the name in any Chester Co wills.... Sandra "I'm looking for info on Daniel Sutton Taylor arrived Chester 1683 on board ship Endevor of England." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

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I am descended from Philip Lewis, born ca. 1751, who was in Adams/Scioto Ohio by 1796 (deed). A family history by his grandson Zachary Taylor Lewis (1847-1900) was published in the Lewisiana letters in the 1890s. In that history, Z.T. says that Philip lived on the Cheat River in PA. and served as a wagon master in the Revolution. He also thought Philip's father was an Enoch who was killed by Indians in PA "about the time of the Revolution." While there is not a stated link to Chester Co. there was a Philip Lewis who served as a Private in Capt. John Heister's Company, First Class, Chester County Militia of Foot, commanded by Col. John Hannum. He entered service 28 Jun 1777. Based on this claim--and with no other apparent link that I can see, DAR, accepts the Philip in Chester as the Philip in Adams Co. OH. I have recently been trying to verify Z.T.'s history--and determine if the link between the two Philips is accurate. I started with the assumption that the Philip in Washington Co. PA 1790 was the one in Ohio--and after consulting tax records for Washington and Westmoreland counties, I can place a Philip Lewis in Greene Twp, Washington, 1782--through which runs the Cheat River. Additionally, I have found one tax record from Westmoreland Co.(Washington created from Westmoreland 1781) which includes Philip Lewis Sr. and another Philip Lewis just households apart. It is my suspicion that Z.T. was wrong about the name of OH Philip's father--I think he was also Philip Lewis. The grandfather was probably Enoch (the name recurs in the Ohio Lewises). So on to Chester. Though I have barely begun, I have found an older Philip in Chester records. He served in Capt. Adam HEYLMEN's Co., French & Indian War (1756): Chester County, PA Called "an Independant Company, under the Denomination of the St. Vincent and Pike's Land Assoc........raised in May of 1756, with Adam Heylmen, Capt., John Hart, Lt., Adam Roontour , Ensign. There is also a Philip Lewis in Vincent Twp 1765 (listed as inmate--haven't gotten the actual record to see what household he's in--perhaps a boarder--a lot of single men and inmates in Vincent 1765. What was going on there?). In 1774 there is a Philip listed as a property owner in West Nantmel who could be either--but is probably the older one. And then there is the 1777 enlistment--which again could be either, but is probably the younger one. Since finding that there were probably two Philips in both Chester and Westmoreland, I am becoming more convinced that Philip of Ohio was indeed the Rev. soldier from Chester, but thus far have been unable to connect them to the major Lewis families there. The name "Enoch" seems the best clue. Z.T. Lewis's history also says that Philip's (younger) first wife was Elizabeth Wasson, the widow Thomas, and so I am interested in the Robert Wasson who also appears in Chester records at an appropriate time to be her father, though I am more interested in identifying an Enoch Lewis who might have been the father of the older Philip--and in ascertaining if there are any more records on a Philip Lewis in Chester records. I have some on order, but since many of you seem to have extensive libraries with Chester material, hoped I could get some advice, direction, etc. on these puzzles. Thanks for reading! I know it's long. Karen Lewis Dale Larkspur CO

looking for info on Daniel Sutton Taylor arrived Chester 1683 on board ship Endevor of England. Anything. I know he started here & was poss. father to Capt Ruben Taylor, who was a father to John A Taylor who was father to Milton Sutton Tayor 1825. some of Taylors left and went to Berkshire MA while the rest stayed in Chester and some still live in grantztown? and surrounding area. Benjamin Taylor who was my great Uncle has a son Harold who lives close by. We are trying to find link back to England and year. Daniel may be it but need anything anyone might have. Help if poss. Shelley Taylor-Hill

Thanks to all for the information about the Kent.I couldn't find anything related to George but it did get me back on my Matlack side to william Matlack and Mary Hancock.William was on the Kent and Mary was on the Paradise. Again,thanks to all Lew Smedley PS I lost my harddrive and just got back.I would appreciate an e-mail from anyone so I can repopulate my address book. smedley.george@att.net

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/greenmount.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/stagnes.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/oaklands.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/stvincentucc.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/stpeterspikeland.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/delaware/cemeteries/mt-hope.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/delaware/cemeteries/siloamum.txt -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006

I am asking for help finding the grave of my David Jones born 1766 and died before 1809. I think he was still in Chester. Not sure. I have found his grandfather and father's graves. They are in Churchtown. Also his wife, Phoebe Lincoln Jones she was born in 1773 and died in 1852. Not sure where she died either. She was born in PA and related to Abraham Lincoln, like his aunt or great aunt. thanks Dianne Jones

Beth, you just gave info on the Kent's arrival 1777 at NYC and NJ, with passenger list. Can you give me info on the Mary Of Dublin, under master John Hall, which reportedly sailed from Dublin on 16 Sep 1677 and reached America 22 Dec 1677 ? I'm quoting the Thompson Family Magazine, vol 2, no. 3, July 1963, p. 59. The Thompson family later moved over into PA. JRB

John Boyd and his wife and children were from Ballynacree meeting, Co Antrim, Ireland...their certificate from that meeting was dated 2m 10, 1736 and was received here 12 m 26, 1736-7. They first became members of the Sadsbury meeting in Lanc Co and then, in 1765, moved to York Co, where their certificate was received 8 m 21, 1765. Here is his will, from York Co. August 8, 1770 October 31, 1771Boyd, John. Executors: John Edmunds and William McMillen. Warrington Township.Children: William, Samuel, George, Sarah m. ---- Leech, Ann m. ---- Bready, Elizabeth m. Stedham, and Jane. Granddaughter Jane Marsh (parents' names not recorded). -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.0/388 - Release Date: 7/13/2006

from a lookup in IMMIGRATION OF THE IRISH QUAKERS into pa 1682-1750, by Myers There is mention of a John Boyd, and sons William and Samuel. They were immigrants settled west of Sadsbury and helped form a settlement at Leacock....this was around 1742+ A Samuel Boyd, was received 10 m 6, 1742, with a certificate dated 5 m 8, 1741, from Grange, Ireland. The above Samuel Boyd, son of John and Jane Bell Boyd, was reported to Sadsbury MM 5M 4, 1743, as having married out, by a 'priest' and was disowned 8m 3, 1743 This is all that is mentioned about Samuel. If, however, this is the line you're interested in, I can send more on John Boyd, wife Jane, and Samuel's siblings. Sandra -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.0/388 - Release Date: 7/13/2006